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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1880
Page
5
A narrator recalls a stroll with Mollie on a spring day as she teases and declares love. The scene shifts between scorn and tenderness with April imagery and birds singing. The speaker reflects on being fooled in love while Mollie’s words linger. This Harper's Weekly excerpt frames a playful, uneasy courtship.
An epistolary speaker returns to a graveyard garden, recalling a departed beloved and a long friendship. The poem hints at gardens, weeds, and enduring memory despite social deceit, ending with the speaker’s claim that only this spot remains free of cant and deceit. Arthur O Shaughnessy is cited.
A narrator reflects on missed chances and the peril of indecision, comparing Miss Phillis and Mr White to Cranford. The essay argues many fortunes hinge on seizing the moment, urging readers to act promptly and decisively to avoid lifelong regret.
A survey of scientific anecdotes covers a cow yielding 27 quarts of milk daily, the lungs exposing blood to air thousands of times daily, Edison’s remaining unannealed globes, and zinc’s role in boiler incrustation. It notes tax revenue shifts on tobacco, cow milking devices, Carre’s cast iron magnets, deep sea measurements, rising life expectancy, and electric light effects on vision and color perception.
A collection of practical domestic hints from the period, including methods to humidify dry air with a wet cloth, washing calico with a soap boil, a curry of kitchen remedies, cosmetic preparations for night wear, and recipes such as Sunshine Cake and Tapioca Custard. Also notes on broth, soup, and health observations about children’s diets.
The article argues farming demands long preparation and broad skills. It urges farmers to study diverse duties from soil to markets, and to learn from successful local peers to achieve profit and progress in a competitive era.
The passage extols plain living with a judicious mix of grains vegetables fruits and meats at meals. It argues families should align tastes reduce meal variety to what all agree on and allow natural selection while respecting others rights. It links plain living to lower costs labor fewer diseases and greater well being.
A tall passenger recalls a chilling tale from an old house in the countryside as snow blankets the oil country on a March day. The narrative, shared aboard a moving train, centers on mysterious footsteps, fear, and a sleepless night in a rambling mansion, with a lighter aside about a mean man from Nodaway County. Burdette, in Burlington Hawkeye.
In 1743 Scotland saw a vigorous move to abolish tea use with town councils and villages passing resolutions favoring beer. Sir William Fullerton's Ayrshire tenants signed a bond declaring tea unnecessary for farmers and reserved for those "able to be weak indolent and useless."
Quote from Philadelphia Chronicle contrasts temperance advocates and beer wagon drivers noting editors and abstainers appear less healthy than those who distribute beer.
Major C B Mason of Newbern Tennessee donated a cast iron kettle to the Tennessee Historical Book in memory of his grandfather John n eMac Mason who served as Surveyor for Madison County Tennessee for fifty three years.
Dr Jusselyn presents Cuticura remedies as a cure for chronic skin ailments including eczema ringworm psoriasis and lep rsy. He cites dramatic patient testimonies from Hiram Carpenter Boston and others, praising Resolvent Soap and Cuticura in curing decades long skin disorders and scalp issues.
The readable passage hints at a devotional theme with lines about trust in salvation, righteousness as a garment, and a beloved gift of knowledge. The garbled OCR preserves abstract religious imagery without clear narrative details or identifiable figures.
Second quarter outline lists lesson topics from April to June including Wheat and Tares Matthew 13 24 30 37 43 Confession and Cross Bearing and Marriage Feast and Judgment and The Crucifixion and After the Resurrection and a review of lessons Selected by the School with Bible citations and dates in a church study schedule.
The piece argues that true gentleness blends steadfast strength with tender faith. It links resilience, upright purpose, and confidence in Providence to gentle action, citing Southey Irving and Thackeray as examples of unity between strength and kindness.
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